Philippine GDP growth ebbs

Economy decelerates
to 4.1% expansion,
hurt by oil, farming

MANILA -- Hobbled by a weak farm sector, higher oil prices and political instability, Philippine economic growth slowed in the third quarter.

The government said gross domestic product rose 4.1% in the third quarter from a year earlier, slower than the 4.9% expected by economists and the upwardly revised 5.2% expansion in the second quarter. In...